🥾 Walking route
Edale Circular Walk, High Peak
Derbyshire
- 📏 5.6 km · 3.5 mi
- ⛰ +229 m
- ⏱ 1 hr 45 min
- 🐕 On lead
Walk stats
- Distance5.6 km · 3.5 mi
- Elevation+229 m
- Duration1 hr 45 min
- DifficultyModerate
- Route typeLinear
- TerrainField paths, farm tracks and quiet lanes; some steady climbs
- Best seasonLate spring to early autumn
- DogsDog-friendly on leads; livestock in fields
About this walk
This short but rewarding circuit begins in the village of Edale, tucked deep in Derbyshire's High Peak. Setting off past The Rambler Inn and the stone-built Holy Trinity church, the route soon reaches The Old Nags Head, long associated with walkers preparing to head out onto the moors above.
From here the path drops to follow the River Noe as it threads through pastures at the foot of the surrounding hills. You continue westward to Upper Booth Farm, a working hill farm set amid classic Peak District scenery, before looping back through quiet lanes and field paths. Look out for glimpses of Grinds Brook tumbling from the plateau above, the scree slopes known as The Tips, and the old stone shelter of Lands Barn.
The return leg brings you back into Edale past the little Methodist Chapel, closing the loop in the village centre. With 229 m of ascent packed into 5.6 km, it is a moderate outing that offers a real taste of the High Peak without demanding a full day on the tops.
Route map
Route line drawn from OpenStreetMap footpath data. Numbered markers are waypoints on the route; amber star markers are points of interest a short detour away.
Waypoints along the route
7 waypoints along the way
- 1
Start: Edale
- Start
The start of the route.
- 2
The Rambler Inn
- 3
Holy Trinity, Edale
- 4
The Old Nags Head
- 5
River Noe
- 6
Upper Booth Farm
- 7
Edale Methodist Chapel
Worth a short detour
Points of interest just off the route, look for the amber markers on the map.
Handley Page Heyford K6875 (wreckage)
~459 m off the route
The Tips
~243 m off the route
Grinds Brook
~299 m off the route
Lands Barn
~413 m off the route
Route & waypoint data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).